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A great book about postpartum depression written by somebody who would know from experience is Brooke Schields’ “Down Came The Rain.”

Aunt M. recommends Dr. Dobson’s “The New Strong-Willed Child.” It changed the way she talks to her children.

A friend’s favorite book is “The Sinner’s Guide” which is available from TAN books.

An excellent, comprehensive, balanced book about vaccinating or not vaccinating children is Aviva Jill Romm’s “Vaccinations: A Thoughtful Parent’s Guide: How to Make Safe, Sensible Decisions about the Risks, Benefits, and Alternatives”.

Watch Out for Communist China
BY MATTHEW TAYLOR

TFP Student Action volunteers handed out flyers and took surveys in front of the Allen Street Gate in State College, Penn.

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Please email Corinne at corinne_book@dashjr.org if you can help with the following more than praying:

I was reading Sheila Kitzinger’s book “The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth” this morning when I realized how offensive parts of it are to us. I am writing to ask for your prayers and any other help you can give me so that we can publish a pregnancy and childbirth book written by and for Catholic mothers.

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This is from St. Alphonsus de Liguori’s book, “The Glories of Mary”. It has an imprimatur and nihil obstat, and this Saint is a great Doctor of the Church. (I started typing it on the Feast of the Assumption in 2007, August 15, but did not finish this entry until August 16.)
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Steve recommends this site: http://www.christthekingabbey.org/

Thanks for sharing your spiritual wisdom and letting us feed you and playing with our daughter today! We hope to welcome you back soon.

I need to close most of the tabs on my Konqueror window so here are some links for my benefit, if not yours:
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This is what I have collected so far for the book about modesty that I will write (these are quoted by Rita Davidson’s book, “Immodesty Satan’s Virtue”).

Our Lady of Good Success said “. . . that impurity would inundate the streets like filthy ocean waters so that ‘there would be almost no virgin souls’” and “Innocence will almost no longer be found in children, nor modesty in women. In this supreme moment of need of the Church, those who should speak will fall silent.” “The vices of impurity, blasphemy and sacrilege will dominate in this time . . .” During one of the apparitions she saw swords above the head of Christ that read, “I shall punish heresy, blasphemy and impurity.”

Ecclesiasticus 19:27: “The attire of the body, laughter of the teeth, and the gait of the man, shew what he is.”

Deuteronomy 22:5: “A woman shall not be clothed with man’s apparel; neither shall a man use woman’s apparel; for he that doeth these things is abominable before God.”

1 Timothy 2:9-10 “In like manner I wish women to be decently dressed, adorning themselves with modesty and dignity, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, but with good works, such as become women professing Godliness.”
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I don’t know how any woman can wear pants during pregnancy. You have to either fit them below the baby, or pull them up and possibly squeeze the baby, which leads to diarrhea and cramping.

Dresses contain crumbs very well until you can reach a low trash can.

When a woman wears a dress, there is no danger of showing lower back skin or underwear when the woman bends over, and if the dress is modest, she will not show her chest to anybody in any position.

Dresses are wonderful if you have trouble finding a skirt that fits right. Loose dresses are incredibly comfortable in almost any weather.
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While I may not agree with “religious freedoms” as AFA defines it, this petition is important in that it might help us continue to practice Christianity and not be punished for believing that homosexuality is wrong, and for upholding the sanctity of marriage:

AFA Petition to Congress

This is from Saturday 31 and June 1, on my old “Small Miracles” desk calendar:

Lillian was an energetic young woman who loved driving long distances, did not tire easily, and relished any opportunity to do a good deed.

She once drove two young servicemen to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, from her hometown of New Castle, Pennsylvania. After she dropped the man on base, she started back home.
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